Including AI-derived heart fat measurement improves accuracy of cardiovascular disease risk prediction
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This month, we’re focusing on artificial intelligence (AI), a topic that continues to capture attention everywhere. Here, you’ll find the latest research news, insights, and discoveries shaping how AI is being developed and used across the world.
Updates every hour. Last Updated: 15-May-2026 09:16 ET (15-May-2026 13:16 GMT/UTC)
Apathy can be an early indicator of dementia. Texas A&M researchers are building a digital human that combines screening questions with facial expression analysis and biometric monitoring to identify subtle signals, including apathy.
Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)have just published an article in Photonics Research about a new process for packaging photonic integrated circuits so that they can survive and operate in some of the most extreme environments imaginable.
Here's a link to the press release. https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2026/03/nist-researchers-develop-photonic-chip-packaging-can-withstand-extreme
The advance could allow photonic chip-based technologies to operate in deep-space probes, inside nuclear reactors, in ultrahigh vacuum systems, and at temperatures both near absolute zero and in scorchingly hot industrial settings. Although the new packaging process now requires several days to complete, engineers could shorten the time dramatically, making the technique suitable for large-scale manufacturing.
Foundation models are transforming financial engineering, with specialized financial foundation models emerging to tackle domain-specific needs. Categorized into three types, they excel at text processing, time-series analysis, and visual-text integration. This survey unpacks their progress, real-world uses, and key challenges, offering a vivid roadmap for AI-driven finance innovation.
Study finds that pressure from parents can raise different kinds of perceived cost, with some tied more closely to burnout and others to achievement.